Chicken, Sweet Chicken starts with a layer of sliced, peeled sweet potatoes in a slow cooker. It's then topped with chicken thighs, a coating of marmalade, water, salt and pepper.

Written by

Joanie Fuson
Star correspondent

What could be better than a week of featured recipes that use five ingredients and let your slow-cooker do the work? Considering the demands of life with teenage boys and a tri-state family business, this week made Mama happy.

If you haven't paid the $25 average price for a slow-cooker, these recipes, adapted from "Fix-It and Forget-It 5-Ingredient One-Dish Dinners" (Good Books; $3.82 kindle edition, $10.82 paperback) will convince you.

Here's even more proof: Last week over lunch, another mom mentioned her two 20-something boys were recently exchanging slow-cooker recipes. Could it ...